Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word CATAGENESIS

Definitions of CATAGENESIS

1. (geology) The cracking process in which organic kerogens are broken down into hydrocarbons.
2. (biology) Retrogressive evolution, as contrasted with anagenesis.

Examples of Using CATAGENESIS in a Sentence

• Catagenesis is a term used in petroleum geology to describe the cracking process which results in the conversion of organic kerogens into hydrocarbons.
• Carroll – catagenesis – gene-centered view of evolution – cephalization – Sergei Chetverikov – chronobiology – chronospecies – clade – cladistics – climatic adaptation – coalescent theory – co-evolution – co-operation – coefficient of relationship – common descent – convergent evolution – creation–evolution controversy – cultivar – conspecific song preference.
• Catagenesis (biology), archaic term from evolutionary biology meaning retrogressive evolution, as contrasted with anagenesis.
• Upon diagenesis and catagenesis, isorenieratene may be transformed and produce various related products that still indicate photic zone euxinia in the depositional environment.
• Pyrobitumen represents a significant fraction of the ultimate fate of petroleum liquids formed from kerogen during catagenesis.
• The derivatives were cross-referenced with synthesized derivatives that were produced via the catagenesis of beta carotene through hydrous pyrolysis.

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